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Hanoi city has earned over VND62 trillion from tourism this year, up 13% year on year, attracting more than 21.8 million visitors, with over 4 million international visitor arrivals, according to Hanoi Department of Tourism. Illustrative image In the last year, Hanoi will strive to attract over 23.39 million tourists, with 4 million international arrivals, with total tourism revenues reaching over VND66 trillion. The city’s tourism industry is expected to earn over VND110 trillion to VND120 trillion in 2020. In order to achieve the envisaged goals, Hanoi will focus on building, planning and investing in developing tourism products, while calling on strategic investors to be involved in developing tourism in the West Lake and Red River areas in preparation for establishing an exclusive tourist zone in Dong Anh district. The city will also collaborate with cities and provinces nationwide in developing tourism products, standardise and issue presentations at tourist … [Read more...] about Hanoi tourism earns VND62 trillion in 2016

In the last year, Hanoi will strive to attract over 23.39 million tourists, with 4 million international arrivals, with total tourism revenues reaching over VND66 trillion. The city’s tourism industry is expected to earn over VND110 trillion to VND120 trillion in 2020. In order to achieve the envisaged goals, Hanoi will focus on building, planning and investing in developing tourism products, while calling on strategic investors to be involved in developing tourism in the West Lake and Red River areas in preparation for establishing an exclusive tourist zone in Dong Anh district. The city will also collaborate with cities and provinces nationwide in developing tourism products, standardise and issue presentations at tourist attractions across the locality, and build a digital map of Hanoi based on geographic information systems (GIS) technology. Tourism promotion activities will be implemented in collaboration with embassies and international organisations in Hanoi, aiming to … [Read more...] about Nhandan Newspaper – Hanoi tourism earns VND62 trillion in 2016

Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City have recorded some of the fastest growing foreign tourist numbers in the world since 2009, according to a recent survey by MasterCard. The country’s largest cities were among 20 names that have been climbing quickly up the global tourism map. Hanoi ranked 13th on the global list with foreign arrivals growing on average 11.64 percent since 2009. Ho Chi Minh City ranked 18th with 9.22 percent annual growth. Japan’s Osaka topped the list with visitors growing 24.15 percent a year thanks to arrivals from China and South Korea. Chengdu in China came second followed by Abu Dhabi in the UAE. The Vietnamese cities are among four Southeast Asian representatives on the list. Indonesia's capital Jakarta came in at 11, followed by Bangkok, which was recently named the world’s most visited destination of 2016 with an estimated 21.47 million tourists. Ho Chi Minh City is a popular destination as a modern commercial center, but also has a lot of … [Read more...] about Hanoi, Saigon among fastest-growing tourist cities in the world

PANO - The capital city Hanoi, the heart of the country, is a special cultural and historical place with a large number of cultural heritages. How Hanoi takes advantage of that is revealed in an exclusive interview with To Van Dong, Director of Hanoi Culture, Sports and Tourism Department.
- Hanoi is the home of more than 5,300 relic sites, the most in the nation. Yet, bringing these cultural heritage values into full play to develop tourism must still be done better to meet the potential and strength of the capital city.
- In 2013, Hanoi was ranked 14th among the Top 25 most attractive tourism destinations in Asia and 8th in the Top 10 newly emerging tourist sites of the world by Trip Advisor, the world's largest tourism website. It was also listed in the Top 10 best Asia tourism destinations by Smart Travel Asia, an online tourism magazine.
However, we all know that cultural heritages have not been brought into play to their full values.
Though the capital Hanoi has many … [Read more...] about Cultural heritage promoted to boost tourism

For recent years, traditional trade village - based tourism in Vietnam has become more and more appealing to tourists, especially foreign ones. Long-standing values, handicraft creation techniques and direct involvement in the production process are among those inspire tourists to discover. This is also tourism promotion and development policy of many nations in the world. Unique tourism product
Traditional trade villages in Vietnam were born a very long time ago and have undergone development together with historical events of the nation. A lot of famous trade villages have well maintained their values ever since establishment, such as Bat Trang ceramic village (in Gia Lam, Hanoi); Phu Lang ceramic village (in Phu Lang commune, Que Vo district, Bac Ninh province); Dong Ky wood carving village; Dong Ho folk painting village (in Thuan Thanh district, Bac Ninh province); Nga Son mat village (in Thanh Hoa province); Non Nuoc stone carving village (in Da Nang); Chau Khe jewelry making … [Read more...] about Trade Village Tourism in Vietnam: Increasingly Appealing to Foreign Tourists